Nature is Good For You
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As a Californian, I feel a great sense of PLACE when I think about “oak woodlands.” These iconic landscapes are...
Early in his book, Thomas Leo Ogren points out that allergies in the United States have greatly increased over the...
Native bees provide us with the essential service of pollination and are the most effective pollinators we have. Gardens can...
A lack of potential for commercial use may help explain why soldier beetles have been so little studied, despite a...
I was thrilled to see a few native plants re-emerging .in.my hillside garden upon the removal of the last of...
The annual Hardy Plant Society study weekend, this year organized by the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, was as good...
“I can’t believe we pulled it off” was a common refrain heard during the Bellevue Botanical Garden’s tenth anniversary celebration...
California. They thought it paradise. This was a land still untouched but by the hand of its aboriginal people. Shimmering...
The high Andes near Santiago, Chile. It could not be more perfect: blue skies, only a slight wind, 75°-80°—and everywhere...